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Epidemiology of foot and Mouth Disease in Zambia
(The University of Zambia, 2015)Foot-and-mouth disease (FMD) is a highly infectious and devastating disease of livestock that has affected Zambia’s potential to boost the economy through trade in livestock commodities. The inadequate understanding, due ... -
The epidemiology of gastrointestinal nematodes in goats in the traditional grasslands of Zambia
(2012-09-05)Monthly faecal gastrointestinal nematode egg counts, coprocultures, differential larval counts and packed cell volumes of goats (according to age classes <6 months, 6 months to 1 year, 1 year to 2 years, more than 2 years) ... -
Epidemiology of Peste des Petits Ruminants(PPR) in the high risk areas of Muchinga, Northern and North-Western provinces of Zambia
(The University of Zambia, 2015)Peste des Petits Ruminants (PPR) is a highly infectious epizootic disease of small ruminants that cause high mortality and has become an increasingly important trans-boundary disease following the eradication of Rinderpest. ... -
Estimating the basic reproduction number for the 2015 Nyimba district bubonic plague outbreak
(The University of Zambia, 2020)Plague is a re-emerging flea-borne infectious disease of global importance and in recent years Zambia has periodically experienced increased incidence of bubonic plague outbreaks. However, there are currently no studies ... -
Evaluation of immunomagnetic beads and loop mediated Isothermal amplification in detecting mycobacterium tuberculosis complex in Bovine Milk
(The University of Zambia, 2015)The study evaluated the use of immunomagnetic beads (IMB) in detecting Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex (MTC) in bovine milk. A total of 161 animals from traditional small scale farmers of Mphango and Itope areas of ... -
Evaluation of the level of awareness of congenital toxoplasmosis and associated practices among pregnant women and health workers in Tanzania's Temeke District
(University of Zambia, 2016)Toxoplasmosis is a zoonotic disease caused by an intracellular obligate coccidian protozoan called Toxoplasma gondii. The parasite infects all warm blooded animals and usually develops in immune-compromised hosts. The risk ... -
Exposure risk assessment to aflatoxins through the consumption of peanut among children aged 6-59 months in Lusaka district.
(The University of Zambia, 2022)Aflatoxins are a family of toxins produced by certain fungi found on agricultural crops such as maize (corn), peanuts (groundnuts), cottonseed, and tree nuts. Based on the Codex Alimentarius framework for food control ... -
Extended spectrum beta-lactamase (ESBL) producing escherichia coli in poultry and water in Lusaka district
(The University of Zambia, 2015)Extended Spectrum Beta-Lactamase are enzymes that hydrolyse the beta-lactam ring on most of the beta-lactam antibiotics which comprise of penicillins, cephalosporins, and the monobactam aztreonam thereby rendering the ... -
Field assessment of the efficacy of Tephrosia Vogelii(hook)plant leaf extracts for control of ticks on naturally infested Cattle in Njola Veterinary Camp of Monze District,Zambia
(The University of Zambia, 2016)Ticks and tick borne diseases (TBDs) are responsible for substantial direct and indirect economic losses in livestock production in the sub-Saharan countries. Conventional acaricide methods for controlling ticks and TBDs ... -
Gastrointestinal nematodes in traditional cattle of Zambia : seasonality and relationship between faecal egg counts and worm burden
(2012-09-04)Faecal egg counts, differential larval counts and post mortem total worm counts were done on seventy traditional cattle from Southern province of Zambia between February and September 1997 to establish the relationship ... -
Haematological and Blood biochemical changes in the pathophysiology of trypanoma congolese infection indigenous Zambian goats
(2012-09-17)Trypanosomosis is an economically important parasitic disease of almost all domesticated animals in Zambia. However, very little work has been done to estabUsh the pathophysiology of the disease in animals in Zambia. The ... -
Hygienic and compositional quality of Raw Milk Produced by Smallholder dairy farmers in Lusaka Province of Zambia
(2015-10-26)This study was carried out to evaluate the hygienic and compositional quality of raw milk produced by smallholder dairy farmers (SHDFs) in Lusaka province of Zambia. It was conducted during the months of January and February ... -
The Immunogenicity of Irradiated Theileria Parva( Katete) Sporozoites in the Immunisation of Cattle against Malignant Theileriosis
(2012-09-04)The effect of irradiation on the Katete stock of Theileria parva sporozoites either directly (stabilate form) or indirectly (in their tick vectors) was compared to the 'infection and treatment' method of immunisation of ... -
Impact of brucellosis on Socio-Economic Well-being of Cattle Farmers inthe Western and Southern Provinces of Zambia
(University of Zambia, 2017)Brucellosis is a highly contagious zoonotic and devastating disease that affects households‟ potential to improve their well-being through trade in livestock and livestock commodities. Despite the disease being endemic ... -
Impact of insecticide treated nets and indoor residual spraying on malaria case prevalence in Geita and Nyang’hwale districts of Tanzania.
(The University of Zambia, 2017)A retrospective longitudinal study was conducted to assess the impact on malaria prevalence of ITNs combined with IRS in Geita district, IRS alone in Nyang’hwale district and to compare the two interventions between the ... -
Incidence and characterisation of Salmonella Enteritidis in poultry products and human diarrhoea cases in Lusaka District, Zambia
(2012-09-17)This study was conducted to find out the incidence of Salmonella enteritidis in table eggs and chicken carcasses entering the consumer market in the city of Lusaka. Diarrhoea stool samples from humans admitted to the ... -
Investigating the spatial distribution of Bovine Tuberculosis(BTB) herds of Cattle in Namwala District of Zambia
(2015-04-13)The overlap in grazing pastures and water points at the wildlife-livestock interface area among different wildlife species and livestock have been recognised as “hot” spots for disease transmission. It is a major driver ... -
Investigation of mosquito (diptera: culicidae)-borne viruses circulating in some selected areas of Lusaka district, Zambia.
(The University of Zambia, 2022)Mosquito-borne viruses are RNA viruses cutting across different virus families and genera of emerging and re-emerging viruses that account for millions of disease incidences annually worldwide. Since the circulation of ... -
Isolation and antimicrobial resistance of Staphylococcus Aureus, contaminating correctional facility kitchens, in Lusaka Province, Zambia
(University of Zambia, 2020)The study was conducted between November 2019 to Febuary 2020 and examined the presence of Staphylococcusaureus in two of Lusaka-based Correctional facilities namely, Mwembeshi Maximum and Lusaka Central Correctional ... -
Isolation and molecular characterization of Non-Tuberculous Mycobacteria of Public Health significance from Humans and water in Namwala Districts of Zambia
(The University of Zambia, 2016)Globally, opportunistic infections due to environmental Non-tuberculous Mycobacteria are increasingly becoming a public health threat due to the Human Immunodeficiency Virus and Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome pandemic. ...
